Surveyor&#39;s rod and magnetic locator

ABSTRACT

The MAGROD is a magnetic locator that is designed in such a way so as to, in addition to the function of detecting metal, work simultaneously as a land surveyor&#39;s rod that allows measurements to be executed with either a prism and surveyor&#39;s electronic total station, a prism and surveyor&#39;s robotic total station, or with a GPS antennae.

PRIOR ART

Land surveyors often use two common tools when measuring propertycorners: A magnetic locator to search for property corner monumentsburied beneath the surface of the ground, and, a separate rod that whenheld plumb, allows electronic and/or Global Positioning System (GPS)measurements to take place.

OBJECTIVES AND ADVANTAGES

The “MAGROD” allows surveyors to locate buried metal objectsmagnetically and make measurements with one tool, instead of two orthree tools to accomplish the same task.

There are magnetic locators on the market, and there are surveyor's rodson the market, but there are no tools that provide both functions withone tool, except the MAGROD. This feature—one tool to provide magneticlocation and measurements—allows a surveyor to work much moreefficiently than the current practice of purchasing two or three toolsand hiring one extra crew member to carry one of the tools during thenormal procedure of a field property survey, requiring numeroussearches, finding of property corner monuments, then making themeasurement either with a remote electronic measuring device makingobservations to a rod with a prism attached to the top or making GPSmeasurements with a rod with GPS antennae attached.

Instead of a surveyor having to purchase a magnetic locator, and a prismrod, and a GPS rod, and an extra crew member to help carry so muchequipment, the “MAGROD” allows a surveyor to purchase just one tool—ametal detector that is already both a prism rod and a GPS rod. At anytime, the surveyor may use the “MAGROD” only as a magnetic locator, oronly as a prism rod, or only as a GPS rod.

Land surveyors commonly walk along property lines they are locating,carrying their equipment from point to point. The MAGROD allowssurveyors to carry less equipment, and do their job much easier and moreefficiently, especially if the ground being surveyed is rough terrain orrequires the walking of significant distances.

The MAGROD allows surveyors to do overall better work at a significantcost savings then when having to use two to three more tools torepeatedly accomplish a given task.

-   1. ROD ATTACHMENT-   2. CLAMP-   3. VOLUME CONTROL-   4. SENSOR CONTROL-   5. ELECTRONICS HOUSING-   6. CLAMP-   7. HOLLOW ALUMINUM OR PLASTIC TUBE WITH MAGNETIC SENSOR-   8. GPS ANTENNAE OR PRISM ATTACHMENT

1. The MAGROD is one tool that functions as several land surveyor'stools.
 2. The MAGROD may be used as a magnetic locator and as a workingland surveyor's prism rod at the same time.
 3. The MAGROD may be used asa magnetic locator and as a working surveyor's GPS rod at the same time.4. The MAGROD may be used only as a magnetic locator.
 5. The MAGROD maybe used only as a land surveyor's prism rod.
 6. The MAGROD may be usedonly as a land surveyor's GPS rod.
 7. The MAGROD may be used as amagnetic locator and as a working land surveyor's telescopic rod at thesame time.